They took Tara off of the Magnesium sulfate Wednesday at 8pm. She did great Wednesday night. She was able to get a full night's sleep (compared to 1.5 hours of sleep the first night). She awoke Thursday morning to sunshine coming in the window and proclaimed that she felt like a new person with a full night's sleep and the Mag out of her system. Thursday was a good day. Tara felt well and had no progression though out the day. We had a few visitors and good a full tour of the NICU and NICU stepdown unit. Tara really liked that the NICU at Baptist had individual rooms for each little kiddo.
The protocol in the antenatal unit is to hook the moms up to the monitors every morning after breakfast and each evening after dinner. Thursday night while Tara was hooked up she started feeling some contractions. Of course our night nurse Sherry had seen them from her station and was in our room by the 3rd one. (Have mentioned what great care we are receiving from these Baptist nurses? They are wonderful.) Tara had at least 9 or 10 regular contractions about 2-3 minutes apart. It was a little scary, but Sherry gave her a shot to stop them and within 10 minutes it was working. We monitored her for a while and the contractions pretty much went away. So we switched to an oral version of the shot b/c it lasts longer and it worked throughout the night. Tara was able to sleep the first half of the night, but couldn't sleep the second half.
Friday morning are were blessed with sunshine coming through the window and another day of Crosby hanging out in the womb. Each day that we wake up and he isn't in the bed with Tara (as she likes to put it) is a blessing and a victory. Tara is doing well, but is starting to have some lower back pain and abdominal pain as well. Dr. Hubach just stopped by on her morning rounds and said that everything looks good and they will keep Tara on the same oral med that we started last night after the contractions.
Crosby looks good and active. Tara told me yesterday that she thinks that he was practicing his cycling in the womb, you know that I hated to hear that. (22 years until he is ready for the Tour de France, glad to see him getting an early start.)
Our goal for now is to make it until Tuesday. That will put us at 34 weeks. Once we hit Tuesday we will celebrate and set our sights on 35 weeks. We'll keep you posted. We will just keep camping out here at BMC LR waiting (patiently) for Crosby. Thanks for the all the support. Tara has been amazing. I cannot tell you what good care she has taken of herself and and this little guy. She has said that she'll stay in this bed in this hospital as long as possible, she doesn't care...whatever will help Crosby be the most healthy. No surprise that she is already a selfless mother wanting the absolute best for her child. We are very blessed and we know it.
Here are some pics from the last day or two:
Tara and her dad, Gerald
Tara and her mom, Marion
Tara and Sara Recktenwald
1 comment:
Your pictures are so encouraging and it sounds like it's just a matter of waiting, now. You are in my prayers... that Crosby is continuing to develop well and that the sweet blessings will make the waiting a bit easier.
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